As we start the weekend before Christmas, I hope that you and yours have a wonderful holiday season. I suspect that for many of you, Santa will be leaving some presents created by his elves in Cupertino. And now, the news of note:
- Pittsburgh attorney David Ries and security expert John Simek recommend encryption options for lawyers, including lawyers using an iPhone, in this article in the ABA's GP Solo magazine.
- Last week I linked to an article by Robyn Weisman of Law Technology News about how attorneys handling the huge BP oil spill litigation in New Orleans used Trial Pad and TranscriptPad and a whole bunch of iPads to manage key aspects of the litigation. If the link last week didn't work for you, try this one.
- Evan Koblentz of Law Technology News recommends tech holiday gifts for lawyers, several of which relate to the iPhone or iPad.
- Are you wondering about the ethical implications of using cloud services, such as Dropbox, for confidential documents? Check out this page on the ABA website linking to ethics opinions from various states on the issue. (via Ernest Svenson)
- Speaking of Svenson, he discusses PDFpen, an excellent iPhone and iPad app, on his PDF for Lawyers site.
- Speaking to Svenson (see what I did there?), he recently wrote a book for the ABA called Blogging in One Hour for Lawyers. He asked me and a bunch of other bloggers some questions while he was writing the book, and you can click here to see the Qs and As.
- For the second year in a row, the Law Firm Mobile website has an extensive report on law firms from the AmLaw 200 and Global 100 that have mobile websites. I'm proud to see that my own firm, Adams and Reese, is #1 on the list. Oh wait, the list is alphabetical.
- St. Louis attorney Dennis Kennedy writes about BYOD (bring your own device) in law firms. For most law firms, I suspect that BYOD is the explanation for the rise in iPhone and iPad use.
- New York Law School student Steve Cohen wrote an article in the New York Times recommending that the criminal justice system use iPads to increase efficiency.
- One more note about PDFpen for iPhone and PDFpen for iPad: both apps are currently discounted for the holidays. Click here to get PDFpen for iPhone ($1.99):
Click here to get PDFpen for iPad ($6.99): - Tim Cook was almost Time's man of the year, but the title instead went to President Obama. Nevertheless, Lev Grossman wrote an interesting article about Tim Cook as a runner-up.
- Alexander George of The Wirecutter reviews the field of iPad mini cases and recommends his favorites.
- I had been noticing some slight issues with WiFi on my iPhone 5 and iPad mini, such as the WiFi icon not showing up in the menu bar even when I had a connection. Apparently Apple saw some issues too because, as Lex Friedman of Macworld notes, Apple released iOS 6.0.2 for those devices this week.
- Unfortunately, Siri currently lacks the ability to read you your emails. However, there are a few useful things that Siri can do with emails, as Dom Esposito of AppAdvice explains.
- And finally, the Onion "reports" on the new iPhone 5C. It is aimed at college-aged girls, and therefore comes with a pre-shattered screen. Click here for the short but amusing video.
